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Topic: "The Terminal" (Read 1585 times)

Just saw this movie today, and you can imagine my delight at seeing that Viktor Navorski (sp?), Tom Hanks' character, is Orthodox Christian. He does the eastern sign of the cross before he eats at one point...and his (fictional) country of Krakozhia borders Russia, which to me is further proof that Krakozhia is meant to be a small Orthodox country. Viktor follows all the rules, will not break the law to gain his freedom, but will bend a few rules here and there where innocent lives will be affected.

The only HUGE complaint I have with the movie is the dumb (REALLY dumb!) love story the filmmakers attempted, that failed miserably. Catherine Zeta-Jones' character does NOTHING to further the plot, and the "love story" is just such bunk, and so ridiculous, it completely clouds the story of a man who leaves his homeland to fulfill a promise he made to someone very dear to him (I will not give any more away ), and all the lives he touches as he goes.

I am also curious about the language he speaks...I am pretty sure it is some form of Russian, because at one point he speaks to a Russian man, but I would be curious as to what they did to pure Russian (if there is such a thing ) in order to make it "Krakozhian," if they did anything at all.

Overall, a good movie, but would be SO MUCH better if the whole Zeta-Jones plotline were CUT OUT.

Hanks also from time to time shows up at a ROCOR church in LA... once or twice a year.

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Now where were we? Oh yeah - the important thing was I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didnÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...

I quite liked the movie. But besides that, yes, he is a member of the Greek Orthodox church.

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Psalm 57:2 "I will cry out to God Most High, To God who performs all things for me."Psalm 62:1 "Truly my soul silently waits for God; From Him comes my salvation."Psalm 59:9 "I will wait for You, O You his Strength; For God is my defense."John 11:35 "Jesus wept."

The only HUGE complaint I have with the movie is the dumb (REALLY dumb!) love story the filmmakers attempted, that failed miserably. Catherine Zeta-Jones' character does NOTHING to further the plot,

...Overall, a good movie, but would be SO MUCH better if the whole Zeta-Jones plotline were CUT OUT.

Impossible! Catherine Zeta Jones always elevates a film. Always. And one of these days they will cast Catherine Zeta Jones, Marissa Tomei, Emmanuelle Chriqui, and Miranda Otto all in the same movie, and it will be the greatest movie ever made. Ever.